New Perspectives on Language and Education – serie
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Plurilingual Education in a Monolingualised Nation
Exploring New Frontiers in Language Teaching in Japan
Häftad, 2026
484 kr
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This book explores alternative approaches to foreign language education in a context which is traditionally dominated by English-only approaches, and widely viewed as highly monolingual. It examines the grassroots classroom practices of teachers and their assistants involved in plurilingual …
Action-oriented Approach
A Dynamic Vision of Language Education
Av Enrica Piccardo, Brian North
Häftad, 2019
585 kr
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This book presents the background to the current shift in language education towards action-oriented/action-based teaching, and provides a theorization of the Action-oriented Approach (AoA). It discusses the concepts and theories that paved the way for the AoA and explores their relevance for the …
Minority Populations in Canadian Second Language Education
Häftad, 2013
514 kr
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Until now, the picture painted of French second language learning in Canada has tended to focus on successful French immersion. This volume offers a broader representation, in response to the demographic changes that have made the French language classroom a more complex place. Focusing on …
Managing Diversity in Education
Languages, Policies, Pedagogies
Av David Little, Constant Leung m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
485 kr
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Diversity - social, cultural, linguistic and ethnic - poses a challenge to all educational systems. Some authorities, schools and teachers look upon it as a problem, an obstacle to the achievement of national educational goals, while for others it offers new opportunities. Successive PISA reports …
Codeswitching in University English-Medium Classes
Asian Perspectives
Av Roger Barnard, James McLellan
Häftad, 2013
485 kr
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In the complex, multilingual societies of the 21st century, codeswitching is an everyday occurrence, and yet the use of students’ first language in the English language classroom has been consistently discouraged by teachers and educational policy-makers. This volume begins by examining current …
Codeswitching in University English-Medium Classes
Asian Perspectives
Av Roger Barnard, James McLellan
Inbunden, 2013
1439 kr
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In the complex, multilingual societies of the 21st century, codeswitching is an everyday occurrence, and yet the use of students’ first language in the English language classroom has been consistently discouraged by teachers and educational policy-makers. This volume begins by examining current …
Risk in Academic Writing
Postgraduate Students, their Teachers and the Making of Knowledge
Häftad, 2013
485 kr
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This book brings together a variety of voices – students and teachers, journal editors and authors, writers from the global north and south – to interrogate the notion of risk as it applies to the production of academic writing. Risk-taking is viewed as a productive force in teaching, learning and …
Risk in Academic Writing
Postgraduate Students, their Teachers and the Making of Knowledge
Inbunden, 2013
1439 kr
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This book brings together a variety of voices – students and teachers, journal editors and authors, writers from the global north and south – to interrogate the notion of risk as it applies to the production of academic writing. Risk-taking is viewed as a productive force in teaching, learning and …
English Language Teachers on the Discursive Faultlines
Identities, Ideologies and Pedagogies
Häftad, 2013
514 kr
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This book brings the voices of teachers into the fierce debates about language ideologies and cultural pedagogies in English language teaching. Through interviews and classroom observations in Chile and California, this study compares the controversies around English as a global language with the …
Flexible Multilingual Education
Putting Children's Needs First
Häftad, 2014
470 kr
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This book examines the benefits of multilingual education that puts children’s needs and interests above the individual languages involved. It advocates flexible multilingual education, which builds upon children’s actual home resources and provides access to both the local and global languages …
Language of Adult Immigrants
Agency in the Making
Häftad, 2014
498 kr
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This book is the first to explore the constitution of language learner agency by drawing on performativity theory, an approach that remains on the periphery of second language research. Though many scholars have drawn on poststructuralism to theorize learner identity in non-essentialist terms, most …
Multilingual Turn in Languages Education
Opportunities and Challenges
Av Jean Conteh, Gabriela Meier
Häftad, 2014
602 kr
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Starting from the key idea that learners and teachers bring diverse linguistic knowledge and resources to education, this book establishes and explores the concept of the ‘multilingual turn’ in languages education and the potential benefits for individuals and societies. It takes account of recent …
Multilingual Turn in Languages Education
Opportunities and Challenges
Av Jean Conteh, Gabriela Meier
Inbunden, 2014
1923 kr
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Starting from the key idea that learners and teachers bring diverse linguistic knowledge and resources to education, this book establishes and explores the concept of the ‘multilingual turn’ in languages education and the potential benefits for individuals and societies. It takes account of recent …
Academic Literacy and Student Diversity
The Case for Inclusive Practice
Häftad, 2015
402 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of approaches to academic literacy instruction and their underpinning theories, as well as a synthesis of the debate on academic literacy over the past 20 years. The author argues that the main existing instructional models are inadequate to cater for …
Academic Literacy and Student Diversity
The Case for Inclusive Practice
Inbunden, 2015
1237 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of approaches to academic literacy instruction and their underpinning theories, as well as a synthesis of the debate on academic literacy over the past 20 years. The author argues that the main existing instructional models are inadequate to cater for …
Cross-Language Mediation in Foreign Language Teaching and Testing
Inbunden, 2015
1721 kr
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This book contributes to the growing field of foreign language teaching and testing by shedding light on mediation between languages. Stathopoulou offers an empirically-grounded definition of mediation as a form of translanguaging and offers tools and methods for further research in multilingual …
Adult Learning in the Language Classroom
Häftad, 2015
403 kr
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This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning. This interdisciplinary approach serves as a framework in order to: (a) understand the teaching methods that promote the deeper, more critical sort of language learning advocated by scholars and …
Literacy Theories for the Digital Age
Social, Critical, Multimodal, Spatial, Material and Sensory Lenses
Häftad, 2015
485 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Edward Fry Book Award from the Literacy Research Association.Literacy Theories for the Digital Age insightfully brings together six essential approaches to literacy research and educational practice. The book provides powerful and accessible theories for readers, including …
Literacy Theories for the Digital Age
Social, Critical, Multimodal, Spatial, Material and Sensory Lenses
Inbunden, 2015
1624 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Edward Fry Book Award from the Literacy Research Association.Literacy Theories for the Digital Age insightfully brings together six essential approaches to literacy research and educational practice. The book provides powerful and accessible theories for readers, including …
Face and Enactment of Identities in the L2 Classroom
Inbunden, 2016
2005 kr
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This book examines student identities as revealed through the pragmatics of face as observed in the context of English L2 classroom interaction between Japanese students and a native speaker teacher. Classroom recordings together with retrospective interviews reveal specific points during learning …
First and Second Language Use in Asian EFL
Av Ross Forman
Inbunden, 2016
1677 kr
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Many Asian education systems discourage or even ban the use of L1 in L2 classrooms – although in fact L1 remains widely used by teachers. Why is L1 use still devalued in this context? By observing classes and interviewing teachers, this book explores three dimensions of L1 use in L2 teaching:• …
Exploring the US Language Flagship Program
Professional Competence in a Second Language by Graduation
Av Dianna Murphy, Karen Evans-Romaine
Inbunden, 2016
1954 kr
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A number of reports in the US have highlighted the country’s need for improved second language skills for both national security and economic competitiveness. The Language Flagship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise expectations regarding language proficiency levels at the post-secondary …
Dialogic Pedagogy
The Importance of Dialogue in Teaching and Learning
Av David Skidmore, Kyoko Murakami
Inbunden, 2016
1439 kr
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This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in teaching and learning. Departing from the more traditional teacher-led mode of teacher–student …
Reflective Practice as Professional Development
Experiences of Teachers of English in Japan
Inbunden, 2016
1624 kr
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This book presents a researcher’s work on reflective practice with a group of high school teachers of English in Japan. Beginning with a series of uncomfortable teacher training sessions delivered to unwilling participants, the book charts the author’s development of new methods of engaging her …
Preparing Teachers to Teach English as an International Language
Av Aya Matsuda
Häftad, 2017
470 kr
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This book explores ways to prepare teachers to teach English as an International Language (EIL) and provides theoretically-grounded models for EIL-informed teacher education. The volume includes two chapters that present a theoretical approach and principles in EIL teacher education, followed by a …
Preparing Teachers to Teach English as an International Language
Av Aya Matsuda
Inbunden, 2017
1677 kr
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This book explores ways to prepare teachers to teach English as an International Language (EIL) and provides theoretically-grounded models for EIL-informed teacher education. The volume includes two chapters that present a theoretical approach and principles in EIL teacher education, followed by a …
Socially Responsible Feminist EFL Classroom
A Japanese Perspective on Identities, Beliefs and Practices
Inbunden, 2017
1483 kr
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This book explores the realities of feminist EFL teachers’ lives through interviews and classroom observations with eight EFL teachers at Japanese universities. The data contained in the book broaden our understanding of feminist teaching in the language classroom while also providing suggestions …
Dialogic Pedagogy
The Importance of Dialogue in Teaching and Learning
Av David Skidmore, Kyoko Murakami
Häftad, 2017
550 kr
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This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in teaching and learning. Departing from the more traditional teacher-led mode of teacher–student …
Taking Chinese to the World
Language, Culture and Identity in Confucius Institute Teachers
Av Wei Ye
Inbunden, 2017
1677 kr
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In this book the author explores the work and living experiences of Confucius Institute Chinese teachers (CICTs) in the UK, how they interpret and make sense of their sojourning experience, and how this context and the wider globalised social environment have impacted on their understandings and …
Narratives of East Asian Women Teachers of English
Where Privilege Meets Marginalization
Av Gloria Park
Inbunden, 2017
1441 kr
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This book is a powerful narrative of how six women experienced their lives alongside their desire to overcome the challenging and empowering nature of the English language. The volume shares who they are as transnational and mobile women living in the midst of linguistic privilege and …
